[8] The postal service referred to the office as "Alief" in her honor to help avoid confusion with mail intended for the similarly named town of Daisy, Texas.

[9] The Flood of 1899 and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 destroyed the Methodist Episcopal Church along with the town's cotton and corn crops, forcing 24 of the 30 families that resided in Alief to relocate.

[6] The rapid growth period created a commercial district along the railroad tracks, convincing the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway to construct a depot.

[11] The Cane Belt Canal, which "ran from the Brazos River, eight miles north of Richmond, through Alief and south to Alvin," according to the Westchase District, was completed in 1934.

[6] Alief ISD's three-story schoolhouse was condemned in 1939,[12] and its students attended classes in a nearby building until a new school annex was added in 1940.

[22] In addition, many people of Asian ancestry settled in Alief, Sharpstown, and Westwood, creating one of the largest Asian-American concentrations in Houston.

[21] Southwest Houston's Asian population included mainly immigrants from China, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Korea.

The Fame City entertainment complex and water park (which later became Fun Plex and Adventure Bay) held its grand opening in 1986.

[37] Fame City featured roller skating, movie theaters, a sound studio, miniature golf, bumper-cars, bowling, alley, games, rides, an arcade, restaurants and shops indoors, and a 10-acre water park outdoors.

[39] Houston City Council District F (which included Alief and Sharpstown) had a population that was approximately 46% white with quickly growing African American, Hispanic, and Asian segments.

[43] Mik Giglio of the Houston Press said in 2000 that in 1997 Alief "was a blend of its affluent, white former self and the predominantly poor, ethnic enclave it has since become.

[48] By December 3, 1991, increases in crime and changes of demographics in southwestern Houston neighborhoods led to many challengers desiring to fill the city council seat of District F.[49] By 1997, street signs in Alief near Bellaire and Corporate were in both English and Chinese.

[53] Allen G. Breed of the Associated Press wrote: "Alief is an impoverished, multicultural enclave where many of the business and street signs are in both English and one of several Asian languages.

In 1993, Alief ISD instituted a rule which made passing the statewide standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Exit Exam, a requirement for high school graduation.

In an article about his retirement plans he told the reporter he wanted personal computers placed in all of Houston's branch libraries so that all Houstonians could access the internet "information superhighway" during their visits.

[62] In 2006, former United States President George H. W. Bush and Houston Mayor Bill White led a fundraising campaign to help Alief ISD and other districts pay for educating the displaced students.

Locals fed up residents and community leaders began filing complaints to push out evacuees due to the rise in crime stating "It's time for them to go home," In response, Houston Police Chief Harold L. Hurtt hired 400 additional officers to deal with the city's evacuee-fueled crime wave.

HPD added the rise in murders were committed by New Orleans teenagers from rival housing projects shooting at each other over long-standing beefs.

[79] The City of Houston stated on its website that the "legendary diversity" in Alief "is evident in the large section of Asian residents and businesses along Bellaire Boulevard.

increased between the years 2000 and 2009 while the number of people from all other ethnic groups listed by the City of Houston Planning Department either declined or showed no change.

[81] The Alief Learning Center has its own campus,[89] while the Crossroads/ Night High School/ LINC/ SOAR (Crossroads) meets in the annex between Hastings and Elsik.

[94] In 2011, Children at Risk, an education advocacy non-profit, ranked the Alief Montessori among the ten best Houston-area elementary schools.

[102] The Darul Arqam Schools Southwest Campus is located in Alief, Houston, with a Sugar Land postal address.

[105] The HCC Alief Campus, a part of the Southwest College,[106] is located at 2811 Hayes Road in the Westchase area of Houston.

[105][107] The HCC Alief Continuing Education Center is located at 13803 Bissonnet Road in an unincorporated area in Harris County.

[110] The area is also served by the Judson W. Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library of HPL at 3223 Wilcrest Drive, within the Alief ISD boundaries.

CVFD is a combination career and volunteer fire suppression and EMS provider which operates two stations in the Alief area.

By 2008 it struggled to cope with the demand, so it began building a new sanctuary and day chapel as part of a $5.7 million capital campaign, with 20,280 square feet (1,884 m2) of space.

[155] Christ, The Incarnate Word Church (Vietnamese: Giáo Xứ Đức Kito Ngôi Lời Nhập Thể), also in the Alief super neighborhood,[153] opened in 1998.

Shri Krishna Vrundavana has a Sugar Land postal address, but is physically in the Alief super neighborhood in the Houston city limits.